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Which is bigger a thunderstorm or a hurricane?

A hurricane is much bigger than a tornado. Hurricanes are 300 miles wide on average. With the smallest being about 60 miles wide and the largest over 1000 miles. The average tornado is 50 yards wide with the smallest being just a few feet wide an the largest about 2.5 miles.


Does a tornado or a hurricane have the steepest pressure gradient?

Definitely a tornado. A hurricane produces a large pressure drop over a distance of hundreds of miles. A tornado produces a similar, possibly larger pressure drop over only a few hundred feet.


Has a tornado collided with a hurricane?

Tornadoes are smaller in scale compared to hurricanes and are typically embedded within them. So while a tornado can form within or near a hurricane, a direct collision between a tornado and a hurricane as two separate weather events is highly unlikely.


Is hurricane and tornado in a bottle the same thing?

If you mean a hurricane in a bottle then yes, a hurricane in a bottle and a tornado in a bottle are the same thing. In shape, however, the vortex bears more resemblance to a tornado than a hurricane.


Is a tornado more dangerous than a hurricane?

No because a tornado only hits a few areas before it disappears. A hurricane kills Thousands and it destroys to. NOT TRUE. Tornados are far more violent and intense than a hurricane. They only affect a small area, but if your in that area you better start praying. It's easy to survive a hurricane, but if your too close to a violent tornado, you will most likely get beheaded. Hurricanes do more damage than tornados because they are far larger, but tornados are far faster and violent. i'd much rarther have a hurricane on top of me than be anywhere near a big tornado. The only reason hurricanes kill more people is because they are far larger, and they cause flooding.

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Is a hurricane or tornado several yards in diameter?

A tornado is typically several yards to several hundred yards in diameter. A hurricane is several hundred miles in diameter.


Which is larger a hurricane or a tornado?

A hurricane is much larger than a tornado. A typical hurricane is a few hundred miles across. Most tornadoes are no more than a few hundred yards wide.


What are three differences between a hurricane and a tornado?

A hurricane is an independent storm system while a tornado is dependent on a parent storm cell.A hurricane is typically several hundred miles wide while a tornado is usually no more than a few hundred yards wide.Hurricanes can only form over warm ocean water while tornadoes usually form over land.


Is a hurricane usually less than 200 meters in diameter?

No, that would be a tornado. The smallest hurricane ever recorded was about 60 miles (97 kilometers) in diameter. The average hurricane is 300 miles (480 kilometers) in diameter.


What are two differences of a tornado and a hurricane?

A hurricane is much larger than a tornado, typically several hundred miles across while most tornadoes are only a few hundred yards wide.Hurricanes can only develop over warm ocean water while tornadoes more often form and land and can occur in almost any climate.


Who would win in a fight a tornado or a hurricane?

There is no conflict between a hurricane and a tornado. In fact, hurricanes often produce tornadoes. However, if you were to somehow pitch the force of a hurricane against the force of a tornado, the hurricane would "win" without being significantly affected. Although a tornado can have faster winds than a hurricane, hurricanes are much larger and have several orders of magnitude more energy than a tornado.


Does a hurricane or a tornado last less than 10 minutes?

A tornado will typically, though not always, last less than 10 minutes. On rare occassions a tornado may last for over an hour. A hurricane, by contrast, lasts several days.


What will happen if a tornado and hurricane collide?

A hurricane and a tornado can't exactly collide as they operate on entirely different scales. A hurricane is its own storm system typically several hundred miles wide while a tornado is a relatively small scale vortex usually no more than a few thousand feet wide and is dependent on a parent thunderstorm. In fact it is fairly common for the storms in the outer bands of a hurricane to produce tornadoes.


Are tornadoes or hurricanes wider?

Hurricanes are much wider, 300 miles wide on average. By comparison the average tornado is 50 yards wide.


How can hurricane chris become the deadliest tornado?

It can't. A hurricane can't become a tornado.


Are the sizes of a hurricane and tornado the same?

No, a tornado is usually a few dozen to a few hundred yards wide, sometimes less than 10 yards and rarely over a mile. A hurricane, by comparison is hundreds of miles wide, sometimes over a thousand.


Which is bigger a thunderstorm or a hurricane?

A hurricane is much bigger than a tornado. Hurricanes are 300 miles wide on average. With the smallest being about 60 miles wide and the largest over 1000 miles. The average tornado is 50 yards wide with the smallest being just a few feet wide an the largest about 2.5 miles.